Zona Sur (2009)
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Ninón del Castillo, Pascual Loayza, Nicolás Fernández, Juan Pablo Koria
An upper-class mother of three navigates family tensions and a changing relationship with the Indigenous employees who share her home.
The story
A divorced mother of three raises her children in a home she shares with her employees, humble people of Aymara descent. As the family contends with internal conflicts, the mother begins to learn about the employees’ lives and realities. Meanwhile, her children are described as going down the wrong path, and the household’s relationships—including the mother’s ties with her children and employees—come under strain. The story follows this family and its employees as their lives intersect under one roof.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film examines the situation of an upper-class family and how it deals with internal conflicts, as well as its relationship with its employees, who are of Indigenous origin. The story follows the life of a divorced mother of three who raises her children on her own. In her home, she lives alongside her employees, both humble people of Aymara descent, whose human realities she comes to know and learn from. By the end of the film, the mother manages to make time for her children, who were going down the wrong path, and to build better communication with them and with her employees, whom she considers part of her family and who have worked in her home for years.
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